Sound of the Month
The sound of the month is…
spiny lobster!
Spiny lobsters rub their antenna on their head sort of like playing a stringed instrument, creating a scratchy sound. In this underwater recording I collected near Isla Contoy, Mexico, you can hear the crackling sound of snapping shrimp and several clear spiny lobster scratches!
Previous Sounds of the Month
The sound of the month for October was…
the MesoAmerican Coral Reef during the full moon.
Feel free to listen to a little, or a lot, or put it on loop as a calming background for working!
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